Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies set out to upend the financial order and replace conventional money. Bitcoin has certainly disrupted the global financial system, but can it ever live up to the hype?
Saturday, 26 June 2021
“TOP READS OF THE WEEK” (for week ending 25 June)
In this weeks selection;
Top Reads
- Attacks against container supply chains grow more sophisticated
- Legacy medical devices, growing hacker threats create perfect storm of cybersecurity risks
- BIS report shows growing divide on crypto
- Gensler says alternative to LIBOR poses risk of manipulation
- HSBC to sell French retail banking operations to Cerberus-backed entity
- PayPal to increase merchant fees in August
- Buy now-pay later drawbacks emerge for consumers, study says
- Morgan Stanley to bar unvaccinated staff from NY offices starting July 12
- VPN exploitation rose in 2020, organizations slow to patch critical flaws
- Mastercard faces pushback over ex-CEO's $27.7M pay package
- Visa pilots US merchant phone-tap system
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Thursday, 24 June 2021
Regulators Probe Market Amid Rising Meme Stocks
Market swings and the surging prices of meme stocks have caught the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bloomberg reported on Monday (April 7). The SEC is doing a deep dive into the markets for evidence of manipulation and other improper behavior in light of escalating meme stocks like AMC and GameStop.
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Bitcoin Price Falters on China Crackdown
Bitcoin's price is continuing to take a hit as China's crackdown on the premier cryptocurrency moves forward. Meanwhile, foreign investment in the United States has heated up amid the nation's economic recovery. Plus, Italy has emerged as the new stage in the battle over gig workers' rights as the nation calls for tougher rules ahead of a G20 summit.
Did covid-19 leak from a Chinese lab? - The Economist
For most of 2020 the theory that covid-19 leaked from a Chinese lab was dismissed as unlikely. However, in the past few months it has gained currency. The Economist experts explain why.
You can also read more here: https://econ.st/3gzOVnV
Monday, 21 June 2021
Elon Musk: CO2 saint or sinner? - FT Film
The electric car revolutionary has built a reputation as a clean energy champion. But SpaceX has never fitted in with Musk's green image. Now the tech billionaire is driving the energy-hungry crypto market. FT writers and experts weigh his climate record, both good and bad, and ask whether his green status stacks up.
You can read more at https://www.ft.com/climate-capital
Saturday, 19 June 2021
“TOP READS OF THE WEEK” (for week ending 18 June)
In this weeks selection;
Top Reads
- The Merging Of Human And Machine. Two Frontiers Of Emerging Technologies
- Banks' pandemic-era flexibility reaches its pivot point
- Are Consumers Ready for a World Without Bank Branches?
- AI Will Fuel the Financial-Services Revolution. Here's What to Know
- Basel suggests strictest risk weighting for crypto
- Gig economy workers gravitating to faster pay
- Morgan Stanley, Bank of America CEOs break relative silence on office returns
- The Biggest Business Risks Around the World in 2021
- How payments became a magnet for money
- Mastercard faces pushback over executive pay
- Overlap concerns grow as more federal cyber officials join the ranks
- CFOs rethinking cost savings of just-in-time supply chains
- JPMorgan to buy robo-adviser Nutmeg to bolster UK footprint
- Visa pilots US merchant phone-tap system
- CFOs rethinking cost savings of just-in-time supply chains
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